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Potential risk to public safety and asset damage has forced Cook Shire Council to plan the removal of a rain tree on the corner of Endeavour Valley Road and Ferrari Street.

Local emergency services gathered to train at a mock plane crash exercise at the Coen Airport almost got to test their skills with a real emergency earlier this month.

A second solar farm will be built next year at Lakeland, four times the size of the Conergy project currently under construction in the small town, Lyon Solar announced at the Cooktown and Cape York Business Conference today.

A successful Cook Shire Council grant application will bring about better radio services to the Bloomfield Valley following concerns raised at a community meeting in June.

The robots are coming to Cooktown Library this school holidays, with LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Workshops this month and next.

The need for businesses to constantly change and adapt was the clear message from last week’s third annual Cooktown and Cape York Business Conference.

Thoughtless vandals cost ratepayers money and temporarily cut off the popular radio station Rebel FM earlier this month after smashing the radio dish on remote Mount Tully.

Council held its annual pre-storm season pick-up of green waste and white goods in November last year. Unfortunately, household waste not included in the pre-storm season pick-up was placed kerbside by a minority of residents. There are still many nature-strips strewn with rubbish including household items, broken furniture and construction waste. Cook Shire Council Chief Executive Officer Tim Cronin advised that this poses a public health risk. “Public health and safety is paramount for Council and waste left in this manner can be dangerous during cyclones and also become breeding sites for mosquitoes and rodents,” he stated.